Chords for Bill Staines - River

[E] _ _ I was born in the path [A] of the wind, [E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] raised where the mountains are old.
[B] _ _ [E] There's springs on the waters, [A] James and [E] I.
I remember [B] the tales [E] they told,
_ _ the whistling waves of [A] my [E] younger days.
Too quickly [A] have faded [B] on by, _ [E] but all of their [A] memories end.
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Like the light [B] in a [E] fading sky, _ _ _ _ _ river, _
[A] take me [B] along [E] in your _ sunshine.
_ [A] _ Sing [B] me a song, [A] evermore.
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[E] _ You [A] _ [E] rolling over, [F#m] you [E] changing over, [A] let you and [B] me refer right on to [A] this.
_ [C#m] _
_ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ _ _ Well, I've been to the city, [A] now I've been back [E]
again.
And I've been moved by [F#m] some things [B] that I have learned.
Met [E] a lot of good people [A] and I've called [E] them friends.
Felt the [B] change when the [E] seasons turned. _ _ _
_ Heard all the songs that [A] the children [E] sing.
And I've listened [A] to love's [B] _ melodies.
_ _ [E] Felt my old music [A] would let [E] me rise, like the wind [B] at the autumn [E] _ tree.
_ _ _ _ River, _ [A]
take [B] me along in [E] your _ sunshine.
_ [A] Sing me [G#m] a song, _
[A] evermore.
_ _ [B] And minding [E] and free, you [A] _ [E] rolling _ _
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] over, you changing over, [B] let _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ you and me.
_ Someday when the flowers [A] are [E] blue, _ _ _ someday [F#m] when the grass is [B] still green.
_ [E] I'm _ rolling _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ over, the blowing wind will [B] be old [E] and safe.
_ _ _ _ Here's to the rainbow [A] that's [E] following me here.
_ Here's [A] to the friends that [B] I ain't alone. _ _ _
[E] _ Here's to the song that's [A] within [E] me now.
I will sing it [B] wherever _ [E] I go. _ _ _ _ _ _
River, _ [A] take me [B] along [E] in your _ sunshine.
_ [A] _ Sing [B] me a song, [A] evermore. _ _ _
[B] And minding [E] and free, [A] you _
[E] rolling over, [F#m] you [E] changing over, [A] let you and [B] me.
River, run down [A] to the sea.
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River, _ [A] take me [B] along in your [E] _ sunshine.
_ _ [A] Sing me [B] a song, [F#m] evermore. _ _ _
[B] And minding and [E] free, [A] you [E] rolling over, [A] you changing [E] over, [A] let you [B] and me.
River run down.
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